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We constantly talk about the great football programs in our state but does anyone remember what a great run on State Championships the Baseball Coach at Bamberg did in the 60's and 70's? Are there any players that maybe played for him on this website that could tell us what made them such a powerhouse for many years in the small city of Bamberg?

We constantly talk about the great football programs in our state but does anyone remember what a great run on State Championships the Baseball Coach at Bamberg did in the 60's and 70's? Are there any players that maybe played for him on this website that could tell us what made them such a powerhouse for many years in the small city of Bamberg?

Coach Horton was a bad man when it came to baseball. His wife is a pretty sporty coach as well.

Combination of good talent and coaching. Once the system got rolling the future generations bought into it and did things the right way. I was able to coach against him during the last decade of his career and unfortunately saw his 700th win in person lol. Good man and coach and I hated to see him leave, but I know he wanted more time to watch his grand kids play baseball in the Atlanta area I believe.

8 in a row then several after that run...I went to school there played for him 1 year until the golf gene kicked in....Good thing I wasn't D1 talent in baseball and the following year I remember the starting 9 all got schollies or offers..

Yeah, back in 1992 Bamberg had Preston Wilson, Mookie Wilson son. Funny thing is that Preston would have hit 50 homers that season, but no one would pitch to him. Think he end up with like 28 bombs for the season, then draft first round by Mets.

In the 70s to go along with our streak in baseball we also went to the football state championships 6 times in a row....played Chapin in 3 and Woodruff 3...Didn't win a damn one of them....Chapin had I M Hipp as their QB...He started at QB for OU I believe...

In the 70s to go along with our streak in baseball we also went to the football state championships 6 times in a row....played Chapin in 3 and Woodruff 3...Didn't win a damn one of them....Chapin had I M Hipp as their QB...He started at QB for OU I believe...

Hipp played at Nebraska.

Didn't realize the football team had its own streak.

__________________"A nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its laws made by cowards and its wars fought by fools." - Thucydides

...Nebraska...Okie..to me they are the same.....The football streak was just playing in the championship games...We didn't win a dang one of them.....They all were great games but Woodruff and Chapin seemed to have that one extra playmaker ......Oh well...

...Nebraska...Okie..to me they are the same.....The football streak was just playing in the championship games...We didn't win a dang one of them.....They all were great games but Woodruff and Chapin seemed to have that one extra playmaker ......Oh well...

I'm from Clinton - know all about those good ole Woodruff teams. The first extra playmaker I was old enough to remember was some guy named Tony Rice.

__________________"A nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its laws made by cowards and its wars fought by fools." - Thucydides

8 in a row then several after that run...I went to school there played for him 1 year until the golf gene kicked in....Good thing I wasn't D1 talent in baseball and the following year I remember the starting 9 all got schollies or offers..

I know Tracy Wise (who played there in the mid 80s)... played softball against him. Heard he could flat kill a baseball.. Dude sure could hit it in softball.

__________________Miss the West Coast, but Mama aint leavin' the South! U-Dub Alum 92' (When we were worth a *&%$)